Fernley land bill set for mark-up

5:39 PM,
Jul. 31, 2013

Written by

Robert Perea
| rperea@masonvalleynews.com

After being heard July 19 by a House of Representatives subcommittee, a bill that would transfer federal land to the City of Fernley is scheduled for mark up in the House Natural Resources Committee today (July 31).

The Fernley Economic Self-Determination Act would give the City of Fernley the opportunity to purchase up to 9,114 acres of Bureau of Land Management and Bureau of Reclamation lands within the city boundaries, at fair market value, for the purpose of multi-use development.

The bill was one of four lands bills introduced March 13 by Rep. Mark Amodei for economic development in ...